Federal Register / Vol. 70, No.
84 / Tuesday, May 3, 2005 / Notices
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OEI–2004–0001; FRL–7907–2]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; National Survey of
Successful Waste Disposal Programs
in Rural Areas in the United States,
EPA ICR Number 2142.01
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that an Information Collection Request
(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. This is a request
for a new collection. This ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before June 2, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OEI–
2004–0001, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-
mail to oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of
Environmental Information Docket, Mail
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460 and (2)
OMB at: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Newman, Region 5 Air and Radiation
Division, Mail Code AR–18J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 77
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
Illinois 60604; telephone number: 312–
886–4587; fax number: 312–886–0617;
e-mail address: newman.erin@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On June 7, 2004 (69 FR 31818), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. OEI–
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2004–0001, which is available for public
viewing at the Office of Environmental
Information Docket in the EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the Office of
Environmental Information Docket is
(202) 566–1752. An electronic version of
the public docket is available through
EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://
www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to
submit or view public comments, access
the index listing of the contents of the
public docket, and to access those
documents in the public docket that are
available electronically. Once in the
system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material,
CBI, or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: National Survey of Successful
Waste Disposal Programs in Rural Areas
in the United States.
Abstract: Under a USEPA grant, the
Research Foundation for Health and
Environmental Effects (RFHEE) will
conduct a survey of household waste
disposal options. In conjunction with
the Rural Community Assistance
Program and the National Volunteer
Fire Council, RFHEE will develop a
targeted survey to find successful
methods of household trash disposal in
rural areas besides burning, which
releases toxic chemicals into the
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environment. The Partners will conduct
telephone interviews with 50 state,
local, or tribal officials who have trash
burning bans (25 states) or who are
concerned about the issue. In addition,
50 volunteer firefighters will be
surveyed. Another 400 private citizens
who live in areas with trash burning
issues or programs will also be
surveyed. Each group will respond to
the same survey questions. The purpose
of the survey is to find alternative,
economically-feasible options for
disposal. The results of the survey will
be available to the public. This survey
will not be used for any federal
regulatory purposes.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The OMB control
numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40
CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are
identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 20 minutes per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able
to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Government officials, fire fighters, and
public citizens.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500.
Frequency of Response: One-time
response.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
167 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $734,
which includes $0. annualized Capital
Expense, $0 O&M costs, and $734
Respondent Labor costs.
Dated: April 18, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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